Houseplant Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Good start to winter trout fishing. Caught some nice fat, healthy trout. Male weighed around 4lb. These fish would have been stocked around 4 years ago and behave very much as wild fish. Fillets will be prepared as gravad lax and/or cold smoked. Sadly, we are going to lose this trout fishery for various political reasons, so I am enjoying the swan song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitty tree Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 hello houseplant .very nice fish and just the right weight well done fella tight lines .enjoy your meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Hello, well done, shame on the loss of fishery, any photos ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Nice fish. I haven’t fished for years for one reason or another. Still got all the gear; maybe one day. Have a friend in NZ, she keeps sending me pics which make me rather envious. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Scully said: Nice fish. I haven’t fished for years for one reason or another. Still got all the gear; maybe one day. Have a friend in NZ, she keeps sending me pics which make me rather envious. 👍 You must get over there. Highlight of my fishing life catching wild rainbows from a NZ river! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, Dave at kelton said: You must get over there. Highlight of my fishing life catching wild rainbows from a NZ river! One of mine too. Fishing near Paradise on the South Island I hooked a large fish on a dry fly and light tackle. This fish couldn’t be bullied and I played it for fifteen minutes whilst being bitten by sand flies. I still haven’t worked out whether landing the 6lb fish was worth the bites which bothered me for days afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseplant Posted July 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Thanks the comments. I do have some photos of the lakes, but they don't do it justice, so here's a nice one I found online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 10 hours ago, JDog said: One of mine too. Fishing near Paradise on the South Island I hooked a large fish on a dry fly and light tackle. This fish couldn’t be bullied and I played it for fifteen minutes whilst being bitten by sand flies. I still haven’t worked out whether landing the 6lb fish was worth the bites which bothered me for days afterwards. Sand flies are bustards. We picked them bites up wearing shorts when we shouldn’t. Had to get something from a local chemist and wife’s bites were inflamed for a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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